He added that last week’s incident was “a violent incident of Palestinian demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs at Border Police officers. As it was a life-threatening situation, the officers acted accordingly.”

The IDF has said that the video was heavily edited in order to give a false picture of what really took place, but both the United Nations and the United States have nevertheless called on Israel to probe the incident.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday brushed off the demands for an investigation into the deaths of the two Arab rioters.

"I reject any demand" for an international investigation, he told reporters on a tour of the city of Ariel in Samaria.

"Such an incident will be investigated regardless of any demand," he remarked, denouncing world criticism of the incident as "hypocrisy".